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Tuesday Novr. 7th

Left camp about 6.30 travelled for till 10 or three hours and if so at two miles
per hour that is about 10 miles certainly not less. We have not yet passed the grand range for it is
still opposite to us. It is rather a range of hills than of mountains and not such very high hills.
We passed Forrest's T 77 this morning about 8 oclock and I hope we shall be at our
journey's end in another three or four days at farthest. Country still good pretty fair lines of
dried grass. No signs of sheep or cattle yet. River still consists mostly of
sand with here and there a water hole. Not seen so many ducks today. Nor so many
cockatoos, yesterday the ducks were in flocks of hundreds and cockatoos even more
numerous. Kilfoyle shot twelve ducks, Sid shot 10 and Durack two.
I tried two or three shots with rifle but the cursed mare will never bring to for ever so
long and then the chance is usually lost. I saw several pleasant and beautiful sights today namely the
Bottle tree in flower and with spring foliage. I plucked one flower but doubt
if it will keep dry. It is within four lines of being the full length of this page,
is of a lovely white, a little dun with cream and the cream more perceptible by the
outer and ringed margins of the leaves [See drawings opposite] with some petals
reflexed at outer broad
ed[ge] abt. 100 thread
like white showing
with another brownish yellow
another